Undergarment



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UNDERGARMENT.

Filed April 5. 1929 2 Sheets-$heet 2 Patented June 24, 1930 isearn ARTHUR F. FOOTE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT UNDERGARMENT Application filed April 5, 1929. Serial No. 352,652.

This invention relates to improvement in undergarments, the object of the invention being to provide a device to be worn between the legs above the knees and take the place of knickers or an envelope-chemise and which, for lack of a better term, will be called a bridge, and the invention consists in the construction as will be hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a pair of bridge-members connected with a pair of stockings;

Fig. 2 illustrates a modified form of bridge;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of another form of bridge embodying my invention;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View showing a 29 stocking with one bridge-member connected thereto; and

Fig. 5 illustrates the position and arrangement of a bridge upon a person.

My invention consists of a bridge permanently secured to the tops of stockings, and preferably the bridge will be formed in two parts, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, in which the bridge comprises two members 15 and 16, one permanently secured to the top 50 of a stocking 17 and the other to the top of a stocking 18. The opposite side of each member is curved and the parts are overlapped so that the member 15 is detachably attached to the stocking 17 and the member 16 to the stocking 18. Or, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the members 19 and 20, corresponding in function to the members 15 and 16 above described, are formed with curved edges adapted to be overlapped and connected together by buttons 21 and buttonholes 22. In either case, a bridge is provided to extend between the legs, above the knees.

If preferred, two members 23 and 24:, like the members 15-16 and 19-20, may be arranged to overlap at the center and be connected together by suitable fastening means, the front and rear edges 25 and 26 of the members being attached to straps of elastic material shorter than the length of the members, so that the edges of the members will be gathered or contracted, thus permitting the use of more material and greater freedom of movement by the wearer, and prefstocklng.

This bridge takes the place of knickers or an envelope chemise and should a person sit or lie with the knees raised, the guard 27-28 will hang downward and thus protect the person.

I claim 1. The combinationwith a pair of stockings, of a, bridge, comprising two members, each permanently secured to a stocking, a

guard secured to the rear edge of each member and depending therefrom, and means for connecting the adjacent edges of the two members and guards together.

2. The combination with a pair of stockings, of a bridge-member permanently attached to each stocking, the front and rear edges of each member attached to strips of elastic shorter than the length of the member, and means for connecting the adjacent edges of the bridge-members together.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

ARTHUR F. FOOTE. 

